The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-03

clubrooms: but You are like the dove that
went out from the ark. lt'ew to the north
and there was a waste of water, to the south,
to the east and to the west--there was moth
idg hut a waste of waters in which floated
the carcasses Of the dead world, and the first
solid thing The dove NJ he'd after leaving the
ar was the window Of the ark. No ~ ace
ont OF God. No hone, no con fort, no solace.
have tr ed the solace of this world. Ii is
most insufficient Oh. the infinite queckery
of this worlds comfort 1t cannot help an
immortal spirit.
Substantial comfort will not grow
in Natures barren sill;
All we can boast, till Christ we know
Is vanity and toll.
But where tho ord has planted grace,
And made Fl glories known,
The fruits Of Heavenly peace are found
And there alone
The world has tried t. comfort you. You
lost a rarent. A friend ca ne in and said:
We'll that is according to law Of nature
that your father should eypire.n Any com.
fort in that. None. You lost your little
child. Somebody came in and said "Well,
perhaps if the child had lived it might have
turned out badly" Any hone, any comfort
in thats None at all. You lost your prop
arty,, friend came in and said:
''Well, it only shows, that riches are
very Uncertain" You knew that before.
No comfort 1t is miserable ouackery when
the world tries to con fort soul. But here
Christ comes and he SAYS: Il took your Tr~p-
erty that you might appreciate b tier the
Heavenly treasures ;Ttook physical health that
yon might better appreciate ritual h alth; |
took your loved ones for l had better and
brighter place for item. and | wanted
rnrough." so your soul Is comfoit-
el, and the tears are dried and the
wounds are healei. The air sometimes gets
very dark with ravens wings, and they smut
| put oil hrirbtppgS and all nfOrt- and when
| it is so dari and tn. voices of these ravens
| ma g the air horrible with their sound, then
Christ comes in to soothe the soul, and lie
says: THE mountains may de art and the
hills be removed, but my loving kindness
| will never fail voun Sheiter-eve lasting
sheter-in tais dove 'ot of the Gospel.
! Bat this flock of souls that have come into
| the Kingdom of God to day are like doves
| to Their windows because they fly home.
The most of the birds have no home. VIA
| ter in one cline SIMMER in another cline
| This year a nest in one tree; next year nest
in an ther co The golden oriols of Ger
many stays only three months there and
| then it is gone. The linnet of Norway
| flies across the sea to get I'd OF the
! wintry blast. The he on, the gross
! Weak and TIA. goldin e all miEratJry
They have no home But the pigeons, the
d yves spoken OF in the text, they have the
do ecOt for the summer and for the W inter-
Christ, the dove OF of eternal mer y On,
how many have foun the mercy and favor
Of Chrit all they needed in all weather',
bright weather and dark wea her, winter
weather AMI summer wea h4r, spring
weather and autumn weather. A
does the Psalmist say! I'VE come un-
der the feathers of the Almighty" Our for
| tunes may drop ten degree bel w zero. Tns
SHOWS of trou lie may fall arouat us, tna
| winds OF persecution may blow against US,
the ackas of death may stalk forth at US.
H.,mA, safely baane, iis3 the h'are AZ Col,
nothing can disturb us. Nothing can over
throw US. The everlasting Col is our She
II. The Shari may sell us out and oar
comfortable homes may go ilto the hands OF
| strangers; bat Christ, our home, is home
forever And yet hear people talking as
tho Igh when a man b. a lie Ca iSti IN he
put out on ira 'kle moor as though he went
wa -dering in the ,ands OF a great Sahara.
No LAS DIVES to the windows"
This great flock OF souls that come into the
King lom Of God to-day, are ike doves to
,neir win lows be ~anse they come in flocks
III. bu .zard, with filthy wing, fitting up
from the carrion, is alone. y ou loJk lnto
the SKY and once in while you can lind
solitary bird winging by; hut the doves
spoken of in the text come in focks. 80
these souls today come by scores and hum
dredS, whole lorks of them. Not
StTdpSler Trying W teilkh oP
with an army, but a solid column.
Not a stray drop on the cheek or the hand
so that you are hard y aware whether It
rains or not: but the rush of an unmistakable
shower Not the raking up of few CLEAN
ings, but the full sheaves tossed int the
garner. 'As doves to their win lows Some
OF tn IN are young, you have noticed, anu
the first time they use their wings is to Eiy
into the Kingdom of God. Some are
old and their wings have been torn of
the shot and ruttied of the tempest,
and they flew far out at sea, and we thought
tn y would never come back again, and me
have Dipped their wings in TO IntaInS OF SIN
AMI death, AMI some made very crooked
course as they few along; but they have
change their course; they have come back
las doves to their windows" Oh, shall not
to my dying hour cease to praise God
for the manifestation OF His grace here to-
| diy. Praise Him, sun and moon and stars.
Praise Hin, Church militant on earth.
Praise H m. Chur, trium hant in Heaven
Let the Church or earth raise It's right hand,
and let the Church of II aven lowe its ght
hand, until they clasp in JOY ami congratula-
tiUn, and then let til elders of the church put
the wine of celebration t. oar lips and let
the GU bearers of Heaven bring IRON the
vaults of eternity, the oldest wne prepared
by Him who trod the winerress al ne, and
let two worlds at once keep jubilee. Oh yes,
l am glad so man. of the young have come
no comb ned effort for the salvation OF the
| Y ung People were allowed to 60 on in their
IN, and alter q VIII le were ou hit ba K,
, if they were brought back at all.
J There has been a notion in the church that
, leople must be allowed to sow their wild
, oats and after while they will come back
boyc II ?ticcd tiat - ont of - oi tie .'eo. lie
who SOW wild oats never reap any Other
crop: they sow to the wind ana tney
rsap the whlrlwind. The church has
found out that 1t is eaSi II to zee tialn on
the track thal to get it on the track whsn
once it is tn, track. 1ht perlenced
= reinsmaa checks the fiery Staed at the III 81
jump for he knoNs that If 1t get under iuii
, swing and its hoof strlile fire an 1t tike the
/ bit IN its teeth tn momentum IS lire.
2 S stible. An SO We re joic. at the min5 OF
the young. Oh, that Chri,t tJ-day woatd
, take all these Il wtrs of youth an make
, them into a garland for His own b.e' ed
brow In the heaviest SHOWS o!m that i
. ever saw, | went to see dying g ri IN ny
pa ish Her cheek on the pdlow wis ai
white as the snow on the easement
Loved les stood around the couch Ihey
, could not give her up. They seened TO be
, trying to hold her Ia K in this world
, Father could not give her u. Mother could
not give her up; ani one nearer anl dearer
sian father or mother was franic with grIet
. IS he stood there. | said 'rauuia, how do
. you feel to-day" She said: M. Ialina -
| feel happy L teei very haDpy. W
/ you woull tell al the yoang folks nest
5 Sunday that rei gion will ma ie the n
5 laopy" As | ! fl the room, above the s,h-
: 1ns AMI the wal in ; of grief was heard
D learl-the calm, c ear,re onant vJice of that
, lying girl, as shs said t. me: GOOD night;
we will meet agaih on the othor side the
| rivern On the following Sabbath we gath
o ar ID for her burial. and out OF the colser' a.
4 tory we brought white tlosers and put them
0 IN the caSket, and in all that crowded church
o there was only oue bright and delighted Ia Q
I nat was ire face OF Fa1nie Religion had
:. made Ter happy while she lvel, an hap
q wnen sha died, and has ale her happy for
aver. Oh, | am o glad the young come To
= lay ! have no words to express my emo
il N at the coming of these y.ung men
:, Christ Him ielf diei VIII le yet young man,
o ind His sympathies go It Iowari the young.
7 III, that this regiment for God might be O.
4 inforce to-day by the coming OF all these
youn mea and Young women who have not
n vet surrendered themselves to the Lord
o Iesus
' But while this great flock have come into
e the dovec t, tue largest flock have flowI tie
n other way. It il easy 20 feed tbs pigeons
n | "a doves You 90 cut with a handful o